Amadou Toumani Toure

Amadou Toumani Toure (4 November 1948-) was President of Mali from 8 June 2002 to 8 March 2012, succeeding Alpha Oumar Konare and preceding Amadou Sanogo.

Biography
Amadou Toumani Toure was born in Mopti, French Sudan (now Mali) on 4 November 1948, and he was a teacher before joining the military. He served in a parachute regiment of the Malian military before becoming the leader of Moussa Traore's personal guard, and he took part in a March 1991 coup against  Traore's regime. He presided over the transition from a military government to a civilian government, and he handed over power to Amadou Sanogo in 1992 after the coup. In 2002, he entered politics as a civilian, and he became an independent politician, winning the election that year. He served as president for ten years, and he was overthrown in a military coup in 2012 due to his poor handling of the Malian Civil War.